The International Organization for Migration (IOM) assisted 95 Malians including 72 women and children to return home from Chad, in coordination with the two Governments

Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, who travelled to Beijing as part of the Sino-African Cooperation Forum, then left for Budapest to finalise a military partnership that had been under discussion for almost a year

Parliamentary, provincial and municipal elections will be held on 29/12, a date made known 5 days after the promulgation of the organic law establishing the composition of Parliament; last National Assembly election was held in February 2011

At least 54 people died as a result of flooding in six departments of Tibesti province in northern Chad, thousands of shops and vehicles were washed away

The Association for the Development and Protection of the Environment in Bellé, supported by other sister associations, planted plants in the classified forest Yamba-Berté, located in the province of Mayo-Kebbi East